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Assignee: Gertsch AG


Location: Zug, CH
No. of patents: 26

NumberTitleIssue Date
4157192Ski binding apparatus
An improved arrangement for holding the rear end of a sole plate on which is mounted a ski boot to the upper surface of a ski. A lock is provided for securing the rear end of the sole plate to the ski, which lock is nonmovable in the position of use of th...
06/05/1979
4125274Safety ski binding and ski boot combination
In a type of safety ski binding having if desired a plate fixed to the boot and releasably fixed to a ski, there is provided structure for lightening the boot construction, particularly the sole thereof, including the provision of structure for gripping t...
11/14/1978
4082315Safety ski binding
A safety ski binding having a base and a sole holder pivotally connected to the base and movable about a pivot axis between a position of use and a release position. An adjustable abutment and a holding member are provided on the base. A slide member is r...
04/04/1978
4025087Safety ski binding
Manual release means for safety ski binding. The sole holder for the forward or rearward end of a ski boot is pivoted to a housing and includes a pin within said housing which moves upwardly and downwardly with opening and closing movement of the sole hol...
05/24/1977
4022492Release-ski binding
A release-ski binding with a release plate releasably connected with the ski boot, the release plate being releasably anchored at its both ends on the ski, characterized by a lever arrangement acting on the release plate, which on the one hand is set to b...
05/10/1977
4022493Adjusting mechanism for ski bindings
A device for mounting a binding component onto a ski and providing for longitudinal adjustment thereof on and with respect to the ski. A carriage for carrying the binding component is arranged for slidable adjustment along a ski. Either the carriage or a ...
05/10/1977
4018456Ski binding with release plate
A ski binding with release plate which extends substantially over the entire length of the sole, mounted rotatably and liftably in the range of an extension of the axis of the leg of the skier by a pivot pin screwed on the ski, and latched or releasably l...
04/19/1977
4004824Guide plate for ski bindings
A guide plate assembly for use on skis in association with releasing ski bindings. The guide plate is composed of a mounting plate which is secured to the upper surface of a ski and has a low-friction material guide plate secured thereto and defining a su...
01/25/1977
4000908Ski binding component
Sole holder component for a ski binding. A vertically movable sole holder is provided with a row of vertically arranged ratchet teeth and is spring biased into its upward position. At least one sidewardly movable slide is engageable with said ratchet teet...
01/04/1977
3993327Front jaw for safety ski bindings
An improvement in a front jaw for a safety ski binding. A base plate and a base member are fixed together and have two axes thereon which are arranged perpendicularly to the base plate. Each axis pivotally supports a two-arm lever so that the longer lever...
11/23/1976
3990724Ski binding
A ski binding having a heel hold-down member which releases the boot whenever an overload is applied thereto. An opening lever is mounted for pivotal movement about an axis secured to a pair of parallel upstanding bearing supporting members mounted to the...
11/09/1976
3989274Device for ski bindings
A tension adjustment device for a safety ski binding. A device is provided by which the tension on a safety ski binding may be selected and determined without the necessity of a ski boot being present in the binding. There is provided a two-part carriage ...
11/02/1976
3984124Combination safety ski binding and ski shoe
A combination safety ski binding and ski shoe, with a release plate fastened on the ski at its both ends until the exceeding of a predetermined force action, the release plate being releasably connected with the shoe by a sole holder and a heel holder. Th...
10/05/1976
3975034Safety ski binding
For the heel holder of a safety ski binding having a separable sole plate, there is provided a row of teeth laterally across the sole plate and anchoring means for anchoring a cable extending from said means to the component engaging the heel of the ski b...
08/17/1976
3975033Safety ski binding
A safety ski binding having a sole plate releasably secured to a ski between a pair of holding parts. The sole plate includes a toe gripping device for gripping over the toe of a ski boot and, in addition, a heel holding device adjustable in the longitudi...
08/17/1976
3957280Ski boot
Ski boot having part of the binding in a suitable recess in the sole of the boot. The part of the binding in the recess cooperates as desired with the other binding part which latter is fixed to the ski. In this invention the recess is transverse of the b...
05/18/1976
3955825Holding mechanism for ski boots
A holding mechanism for holding ski boots onto a ski. The holding mechanism is comprised of a longitudinally extending rod extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the sole of a ski boot and has at least one crossbar thereon with conventional elemen...
05/11/1976
3954277Ski binding
A ski binding having a pivotal boot hold-down part engaging a ski boot sole. The pivotal hold-down part is biased into two separate positions on opposite sides of a dead-center position by a spring. One end of the spring has an operating member located at...
05/04/1976
3951423Front jaw for safety ski bindings
An improvement in a front jaw for a safety ski binding. A base plate and a base member are fixed together and have two axes thereon which are arranged perpendicularly to the base plate. Each axis pivotally supports a two-arm lever so that the longer lever...
04/20/1976
3950002Front jaws for ski bindings
A front jaw for ski bindings having two pivotal levers engageable with the toe of a ski boot adjacent opposite sides thereof. The levers are pivotal at a point intermediate the ends thereof so that the levers each have a long arm portion which is engageab...
04/13/1976
3950001Adjusting mechanism for ski bindings
Adjusting mechanism for fastening a ski boot to a sole plate. In such a device there is provided a device for gripping one end, normally the heel, of the ski boot and a ratchet for determining the position of the gripping device with respect to the remain...
04/13/1976
3943882Device for adjusting and indicating the relative position of ski binding components
Indicator for safety ski binding. As a direct acting indicator for a safety ski binding a leaf spring is fixed at one end within a binding component and its other end is constrained for movement in a straight line aligned with, or at least parallel with, ...
03/16/1976
3944238Guide plate for ski bindings
A low friction device for use between a ski boot sole and the upper surface of a ski to minimize friction upon the occurrence of a relative movement between the ski boot sole and the upper surface of the ski. A low friction material insert is secured to a...
03/16/1976
3936062Ski binding
Safety ski binding. A safety ski binding is provided by providing a longitudinally aligned through opening in the sole of the ski boot substantially on the centerline thereof and positioning a rod reciprocably therein. Suitable attaching means are mounted...
02/03/1976
3933363Safety ski binding
A safety ski binding having a sole holder pivotally secured to a base member. The sole holder is held in condition of use by a locking member, which locking member is engaged by a locking part. The locking part is urged into engagement with the locking me...
01/20/1976
3931982Release binding for skis
Safety release ski binding. There is here disclosed a release binding for skis in which the force required to effect a release is modulated in response to the relative angular position of the leg of the skier with respect to the longitudinal line of the s...
01/13/1976
 
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